The Fight against Gun Control “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”, An argument used by many gun advocates. There are millions of gun owners across America. We use these firearms in our daily lives. Citizens of America use them for self-defense, target practice, hunting, and the most important from a tyrannical government. Our second amendment states that the United States Of America has the right to bear arms, but it seems that some citizens of America want to make it harder for us to own fire arms. Some want to ban semi-automatic rifles because “they kill people”. They also wish to ban high-capacity magazines; furthermore. they wish to ban fire arms overall. Gun Control is unconstitutional, causes more deaths, and denies us law-abiding
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We have the best military, economy, and government, but is it possible that all of these things could become tyrannical? After the rise of Nazi Germany their version of gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, and others, were unable to defend themselves against the “ Brown Shirts”, these people were arrested and exterminated (Hardy). Now is it not possible for this to happen to us? Could we not suffer from tyrannical government? If our government and these supporters decide to pass a bill making it harder for citizens of America to obtain firearms, how are we suppose to defend ourselves from the best military in the world? We won’t even stand a chance if they decide to ban firearms! In 1911, Turkey established gun control. …show more content…
Non-fatal gun injuries from assaults increased in 2011. For the third straight year; and that is the highest since 2008 at 17.8 per 100,000 people (Powe). Instead of banning guns, why don’t we ban knives or other foreign objects that cause more deaths instead of firearms? Yes, the rate of murders by guns is declining in the U.S as of 2011, the last year of such data, 4.7 per 100,000 people were shot to death (Powe). The shootings also seem to occur in stricter gun law areas where firearms are prohibited or it is very difficult to own a firearm. Ask anyone who has been in a life or death situation what they would want to be armed with, a telephone to call 911 . This is basic common sense, the average police car to show up to an emergency is 5 minutes, but the time to pull a firearm is 1
We have the best military, economy, and government, but is it possible that all of these things could become tyrannical? After the rise of Nazi Germany their version of gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally ill, and others, were unable to defend themselves against the “ Brown Shirts”, these people were arrested and exterminated (Hardy). Now is it not possible for this to happen to us? Could we not suffer from tyrannical government? If our government and these supporters decide to pass a bill making it harder for citizens of America to obtain firearms, how are we suppose to defend ourselves from the best military in the world? We won’t even stand a chance if they decide to ban firearms! In 1911, Turkey established gun control. …show more content…
Non-fatal gun injuries from assaults increased in 2011. For the third straight year; and that is the highest since 2008 at 17.8 per 100,000 people (Powe). Instead of banning guns, why don’t we ban knives or other foreign objects that cause more deaths instead of firearms? Yes, the rate of murders by guns is declining in the U.S as of 2011, the last year of such data, 4.7 per 100,000 people were shot to death (Powe). The shootings also seem to occur in stricter gun law areas where firearms are prohibited or it is very difficult to own a firearm. Ask anyone who has been in a life or death situation what they would want to be armed with, a telephone to call 911 . This is basic common sense, the average police car to show up to an emergency is 5 minutes, but the time to pull a firearm is 1